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Page 95
... criticism , which attempts the evaluation of so protean a thing as beauty , “ has not yet attained the certainty and stability of science . " Johnson here ( Rambler no . 92 ) holds out some hope that the critic may in time be able to ...
... criticism , which attempts the evaluation of so protean a thing as beauty , “ has not yet attained the certainty and stability of science . " Johnson here ( Rambler no . 92 ) holds out some hope that the critic may in time be able to ...
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... criticism . The critical theories of his own and the immediately preceding age , he accepted , since they seemed to be in harmony with all the criticism he knew from Aristotle down , but probably gave them little real thought , just as ...
... criticism . The critical theories of his own and the immediately preceding age , he accepted , since they seemed to be in harmony with all the criticism he knew from Aristotle down , but probably gave them little real thought , just as ...
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... criticism have not been explored sufficiently . The problem which has most preoccupied Swift's critics has been the pessimism and misanthropy of Gulliver's Travels and the endeavor to explain these qualities in the work by searching for ...
... criticism have not been explored sufficiently . The problem which has most preoccupied Swift's critics has been the pessimism and misanthropy of Gulliver's Travels and the endeavor to explain these qualities in the work by searching for ...
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The Beggars Opera | 14 |
The Authenticity of Anna Sewards Published Correspondence | 50 |
The Nature of Dr Johnsons Rationalism 888 | 88 |
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